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1996 Health Stories

• 12/10/1996: Radio Story - An AIDS advocate says the Department could help double the number of HIV-infected people.
• 12/10/1996: Radio Story - An AIDS advocate says the Department is holding back funding to help HIV-infected patients.
• 12/ 5/1996: Radio Story - Governor to make managed care part of his legislative agenda.
• 12/ 2/1996: Radio Story - State to hold lottery for AIDS treatment.
• 11/19/1996: Radio Story - Directors of Health and Labor announced their resignations at the same time.
• 11/19/1996: Radio Story - Head of the Missouri Health Department resigns.
• 11/18/1996: Radio Story - A committee studying managed care releases 33 suggestions.
• 11/18/1996: Radio Story - Legislators recommend more emergency room coverage
• 11/18/1996: Radio Story - A legislative committee suggests more communication between doctors and patients
• 11/14/1996: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers to recommend more emergency room coverage
• 10/30/1996: Newspaper Story - HMO representatives argue for gag rules on doctors.
• 10/28/1996: Radio Story - HMO draft regulations unveiled by a legislative committee.
• 10/ 4/1996: Radio Story - With HMO's growing, experts say regulation is necessary and in the future.
• 10/ 4/1996: Radio Story - Two HMO clients voice conflicting views about managed care.
• 10/ 4/1996: Radio Story - Experts explain the ups and downs of managed care.
• 10/ 1/1996: Radio Story - Doctors voice concerns about managed care.
• 9/30/1996: Infobox on hepatitis facts.
• 9/30/1996: Newspaper Story - Missourians facing threat of hepatitis.
• 9/11/1996: Newspaper Story - House sustains governor's abortion-regulation veto.
• 9/10/1996: Newspaper Story - State considers appeal of court rejection of Blue Cross profit-making order.
• 9/10/1996: Radio Story - Legislative health committee zeroing in on managed-care regulation.
• 9/10/1996: Radio Story - Missouri's Department of Insurance has not yet decided to appeal the ruling in favor of Blue Cross keeping it's assets.
• 9/ 6/1996: Newspaper Story - Legislative committee moving toward HMO regulation.
• 8/30/1996: Radio Story - Candidates for attorney general agree that the state shouldn't waste the money on lawsuits.
• 8/29/1996: Radio Story - Health Department spokesman favors state suing tobacco industry.
• 8/27/1996: Radio Story - State delays on tobacco lawsuit about health costs.
• 7/17/1996: Radio Story - Missouri's Health Department urges Missourians to get tested for AIDS.
• 5/17/1996: Legislative sends governor limited abortion-regulation bill.
• 5/16/1996: The relatives of patients with Alzheimers disease would get more information concerning their loved ones.
• 5/16/1996: Infobox on changes in mental health commitment approved by lawmakers.
• 5/16/1996: Major reorganization of mental health commitment laws clears legislature.
• 5/16/1996: A bill that would make it easier to commit someone for psychiatric care is one step away from becoming law.
• 5/16/1996: History of mental health commitment problems.
• 5/16/1996: Senate passes limited abortion-regulation bill.
• 5/15/1996: Senate rejects compromise on abortion sponsored by all the Senate's women members (newspaper story).
• 5/15/1996: The House approves changes in involuntary commitment for the mentally ill.
• 5/15/1996: The House unanimously approves policy changes in the commitment and release of the mentally ill.
• 5/15/1996: Women senators see their version of the abortion bill defeated
• 5/15/1996: Three women senators draft their own version of the abortion bill
• 5/ 9/1996: Non-married, same-sex pigs authorized to carry concealed weapons under legislative staffer's suggested bill.
• 5/ 9/1996: Abortion dispute stalls budget in House
• 5/ 7/1996: Senate leadership split on whether to deal with HMO regulation in 1996.
• 5/ 7/1996: Representatives vote to reject a health budget until six words are added to the legislation.
• 5/ 3/1996: Senate committee passes abortion bill, despite governor's veto threat.
• 5/ 2/1996: Governor Carnahan will sign a bill that mandates free immunizations for the insured.
• 5/ 1/1996: Governor gets bill to assure hospital stay coverage for women after they deliver.
• 5/ 1/1996: The governor says he will veto legislation to restrict abortion.
• 5/ 1/1996: The governor says he is opposed to an attempt to add caregivers to Tel-Link.
• 4/30/1996: Senate votes to let towns continue to regulate tobacco sales.
• 4/30/1996: The Missouri Senate has approved a House bill to improve the state's immunization practices.
• 4/30/1996: Members of the Missouri Senate have agreed to a bill forcing health insurance companies and HMO's to cover the cost of child immunizations.
• 4/30/1996: The Senate approves requiring health insurance cover minimum hospital stays for new mothers.
• 4/30/1996: House approves giving courts power to order AIDS tests of anyone.
• 4/30/1996: The Senate approves insurance coverage of child immunization and 48 hour post-delivery hospital stays.
• 4/26/1996: Compromise suggested on anti-abortion legislation.
• 4/24/1996: Senate's anti-abortion leader suggests compromise.
• 4/23/1996: KC Blue Shield Blue Cross's for-profit plan hits Senate opposition.
• 4/23/1996: Senate debate blocks vote on Blue Cross & Blue Shield's for-profit plans.
• 4/16/1996: The Senate votes to make it easier to commit people for psychiatric treatment (radio story).
• 4/16/1996: Senate passes overhaul of mental health commitment law (newspaper story).
• 4/15/1996: House sends abortion-regulation bill to Senate.
• 4/15/1996: House approves requirements on doctors performing abortions.
• 4/15/1996: The House passed a bill creating new requirements for abortion seekers and the physicians who perform them.
• 4/ 3/1996: The House approves abortion regulation bill.
• 4/ 3/1996: Missouri anti-abortion forces happy House-passed abortion restrictions.
• 4/ 3/1996: The House passes an abortion bill amid objections by Planned Parenthood.
• 3/20/1996: The Health Department's Tel-Link program is praised by all sides of the abortion debate.
• 3/20/1996: Anti-smoking forces charge tobacco industry trying to block local control of tobacco.
• 3/ 7/1996: Some Missouri drinking water may be unsafe.
• 2/28/1996: Missouri legislators stall on HMO bills, while the medical community and insurance industry continue to bicker.
• 2/22/1996: A House bill would force nursing homes to describe what special Alzheimer's care includes.
• 2/20/1996: In effort to stall regulatory measures on HMOs, Senate President Pro Tem asked colleagues to form a packaged health care plan.
• 2/15/1996: Radio Story - Morticians want their own guidelines to become state law.
• 2/14/1996: Subcommittee fails to find compromise on abortion.
• 2/14/1996: Effort at compromise on abortion fails.
• 2/13/1996: What's an HMO that's getting so much legislative attention.
• 2/13/1996: Main provisions in the various HMO bills.
• 2/13/1996: Complaints about HMOs prompt legislative action.
• 2/12/1996: House approves minimum hospital stay for new mothers.
• 2/ 8/1996: House rejects raising taxes to pay for child immunization.
• 2/ 7/1996: Blue Cross profit-making plans run into legislative questions.
• 2/ 7/1996: Blue Cross Blue Shield asks legislature to allow it to become profit making.
• 2/ 7/1996: Abortion restriction bill tossed to subcommittee in search of a compromise.
• 2/ 6/1996: Docs rally to demand HMO regulation.
• 2/ 2/1996: House & Senate committees approve stronger child-immunization bills.
• 1/26/1996: Health Department pushing for stronger immunization laws.
• 1/24/1996: Anti-abortion bill heard by Senate committee.
• 1/23/1996: New House speaker endorses governor's legislative program.
• 1/23/1996: Anti-abortion forces hopeful with new House leadership.
• 1/23/1996: Anti-abortion forces rally to push abortion restriction legislation.
• 1/17/1996: Senate debates requiring minimum coverage for a hospital stay after delivery.
• 1/17/1996: Governor leaves health insurance regulation off his agenda.
• 1/10/1996: Insurance industry questions bill to assure minimum hospital stay for birth.
• 1/10/1996: Legislator questions mandating hospital coverage for new moms.
• 1/ 4/1996: Preview of the major issues that have emerged for the 1996 legislative session.